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Notation conventions, The commands – Apple Xsan 1.0 User Manual

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Appendix B

Using the Command Line

If you get the response “

No manual entry for

...” when you try to view a man page,

add the Xsan man pages directory

/Library/Filesystems/Xsan/man

to your man

search path. One way to do this is to add the following line to the file

/etc/manpath.config

on your computer:

OPTIONAL_MANPATH /Library/Filesystems/Xsan/man

Notation Conventions

The following conventions are used throughout the command descriptions.

The Commands

Xsan includes the following command-line tools:

Notation

Indicates

monospaced font

A command or other terminal text

$

A shell prompt

[text_in_brackets]

An optional parameter

(one|other)

Alternative parameters (type one or the other)

underlined

A parameter you must replace with a value

[...]

A parameter that may be repeated

A displayed value that depends on your SAN configuration

Command

Description

cvadmin

View or change volume and storage pool settings (page 85)

cvcp

Copy files or folders (page 88)

cvfsck

Check or repair a volume (page 89)

cvlabel

View, label, and initialize LUNs (page 90)

cvmkdir

Create a folder with an affinity (page 91)

cvmkfile

Create and pre-allocate a file (page 91)

cvmkfs

Initialize a volume (page 92)

cvsginfo

View storage pool information (page 92)

cvupdatefs

Apply volume setup changes (page 92)

fsm

Start a volume controller process (page 93)

fsmpm

Start a port mapper process (page 93)

snfsdefrag

Defragment a volume (page 93)

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